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training is boot camp, i mean literally every step of the way we have something to do, i breathe in and by the time i breath out there is another new thing to go, see, talk about, study for , or go to yet another boring workshop on peace corps policies.

love my agroforestry group. we spend our days laughing at our actions ,playing hacky sac and more laughing in class with our professor as we try and learn guarani which is extrem gibberish to any outsider.there is 29 yr old Leah with a masters in geology, from new mexico,26years old Sherry or Rosa ( went to school in colorado) as paraguans call her ( no one can pronounced Sherry so they changed her name) then julia from florida, then Jacobo( jake in english) who speaks amazingly and is from phenoix, arizona ,and is in the master international program, laaura is from atlanta,georga, 24? Brian is a very tall red head who did the peace corps in nepal and is 32? is from michagan and is also in the mastersinternational program, H or Heather in english is 25 with a mastersfrom ?anyhoo they all rock. lots of agroforestrie pride ... ARPELO!! (great)

So we are doing well, we function as a group, think live as one group. I love the closeness already we all are. our brains are full, and our ability to communicate in any lanuage in dying a slowdeath.

we live 4km from our training center and the center of town ofGuarambe. (spelling is not correct) our training site for us eightagroforesters is the furthest out. the next furthest is only 2km away.i love senda ( the name of our site). it is a small poor agricultural community with many cows, chickens ( and chicks! sooo cute! soo small!they go under the mom chicken when its cold or they are scared) dogs,pigs, talking pet parrots and my favorite and new addition to my travels.. OX.... on our hour walk to guarambare one to twice a week we pass an OX:Guiremo . i named him that and we say good morning to him. he is HUGE! my family has two and they carry our sugar cane in a cart to ???

we have about four days of at site training in senda with just the eight of us (smallest group in our training session) where their is a small small house with two rooms, no bathroom but electricity. we use the neighbors no flush toliet where leah lives.we have sundays off only.and those involve being with our host families or any other group activity the community has decided for us to do, por ejemplo this sunday we are playing a vollyball game after celebrating another volunteer´s mom´s saints day. last sunday included sunday school,going to ITA to buy sausages, being dragged by two eight year old girls and other small children around senda to many different homeswhere it is customary to sit and talk in plastic chairs which are brought out and drink terere with yuyos (herbs) oh! ya, and i almost forgot the futbol ( soccer) game. that too involved terere in thermas and passing around the same cup to everyone. everyone does this while watching a soccer game, as well as sharing soda. oh! we grow cana dulce or takuree in guarani. other families include :Rosa´s has a small store that sells soap, candies and detergent,Jacobo has a garden where they grow plants, and others?i love my host family, although the questions get annoying... do you know Hanson? backstreet boys? britney spears?? we spend nights ( myhost sis and bro and maybe her cousin that lives next store, watching music videos, singing karoke or dancing as backupsingers to my hostsister. or watching movies.i am so happy. so mentally tired and so looking forward to everymoment i am not in class.I miss and love you guys!!So much, muchos besos

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  1. loving hearing all the details of yr life there, and hearing of your happiness - your life sounds like you have the opportunity to be "in the moment" most of the time - such a blessing!
    What are the colors? the weather? Miss you, dear one!!

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